I migliori ristoranti di cucina italiana in Lecce

08/09/2025: The place is quite remote but close to the beach, but the place is very average and not very clean. The food is homemade and very good, but when we paid, they charged us whatever they wanted. There's no price list and they don't even give you a receipt or anything. The staff was friendly, but I think they just gave us a hard time because we were tourists and we didn't speak the language. I don't recommend it at all, or ask the prices before starting to eat.

07/09/2025: The bar seemed nice, and we ordered a sharing menu. This was questioned several times, and we confirmed it. We received the primi in a small portion, followed by a large plate of secundi. In the end, he charged us for two full menus, even though we only had one and had only ordered one. We felt ripped off!

01/01/2026: I hired catering for New Year's Eve. Basically bread balls, bread croquettes, bread pitta, lasagna from a children's cafeteria, bland and tasteless. Maybe potatoes are expensive in Levanto. Pitiful and unfair.

10/12/2025: It's enough to make you want to tear your hair out!! The quality of the food is pathetic. Tough, fatty meat, full of oil, salty, and spicy. Everything is over-seasoned to mask its flavor. Who knows what ocean the octopus came from. Burnt lasagna. I advise everyone not to go there and order... PITY!

27/10/2025: Cala Marin Bar was a huge disappointment. It's the bar attached to the lido, so you'd expect slightly higher prices than average, but what's truly disappointing is the poor quality of the food served. The food offering is very limited, and what little there is is sloppily prepared and poorly executed. We tried a few items on the menu, and unfortunately, almost everything was inedible. Dry sandwiches, less-than-fresh ingredients, and no attention to presentation or flavor. Everything seemed prepackaged and hastily reheated, with no regard for the final quality. The price-to-service ratio was simply unacceptable. The only positive exception was the rustico leccese, which at €3 was at least decent compared to the rest. However, one decent item isn't enough to save the overall experience. The service is slow and inattentive, with long waits even when there are no customers. Cala Marin Bar seems to thrive solely on its location, but it's completely lacking in attention and professionalism. I don't recommend it, and I don't think we'll return. There are much better options in the area.

21/09/2025: We visited a beachside bar in Italy as a group of six gay friends, and unfortunately, we had a very unpleasant experience. When we ordered tequila with salt and lime, the waiter realized we were gay and made a rather offensive remark, saying that “salt and lime is a lady’s thing, not for men.” He then refused to bring the accompaniments we asked for. This kind of attitude is unacceptable and shows a level of prejudice we did not expect to encounter. So here’s a heads-up to other LGBTQIA+ customers looking for a welcoming environment: sadly, this place did not treat us with the respect everyone deserves.